Overview

• District administration, shrine committee members and BSF troopers managed security and logistics along the International Border during the festival.
• Commandant Alkesh Kumar Sinha inaugurated the mela with a pre-dawn chadar offering at the saint’s grave.
• Devotees from Jammu, Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh took part in healing rituals using clay and water from the 322-year-old shrine.
• Pakistani pilgrims observed parallel prayers at a replica tomb in Saidanwali, with around 20,000 participants on their side of the border.
• Shrine Committee and BSF officials reported a peaceful conclusion after two weeks of preparations for this year’s annual mela.